Would you vote for a brother or sister no matter what?

Sister Havana · #1 11-10-2005, 02:20 PM

Tip of the hat to AGDee and the Alpha Gamma Delta forum for this question...

If a brother or sister of your GLO was running for office, would you vote for that person even if their political views were completely different from your own? Would it make a difference if that person was someone you knew personally or not? (By knew personally, I mean someone who is/was in your college or alum chapter, or someone you interact with regularly, not someone you've met briefly or just heard speak at a convention or something)

My answer: I wouldn't vote for anyone, Brother or not, if I completely disagreed with his or her views...even if I knew them well. (sometimes especially if I knew them well!) If I was undecided between a Brother and another candidate, all else being fairly equal in my mind, of course I'd vote for the Brother.

RedRoseSAI · #2 11-10-2005, 02:23 PM

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Originally posted by Sister Havana
If a brother or sister of your GLO was running for office, would you vote for that person even if their political views were completely different from your own? Would it make a difference if that person was someone you knew personally or not?

No and no.

honeychile · #3 11-10-2005, 02:27 PM

I wouldn't vote for them in either case, but I'll admit to feeling some guilt about it.

Kevin · #4 11-10-2005, 03:55 PM

I've voted against a brother just once... but I did it because I liked the other brother that was running better

I did vote for Sen. Tom Coburn (EE, Oklahoma State) in the U.S. Senate election, so yes, you can direct all of your hate mail to me

I did think that Bob Anthony (DE, Oklahoma) was the better candidate. The 3rd guy in the Republican primary was a scumbag, and the Democratic challenger was Kerryesque -- voted and behaved one way in Oklahoma and another way in D.C.

SmartBlondeGPhB · #5 11-10-2005, 04:08 PM

NO, I wouldn't and I would feel no guilt about it.

sugar and spice · #6 11-10-2005, 05:03 PM

No, and anyone who would freaks me out.

AGDee · #7 11-10-2005, 05:06 PM

I wouldn't either, but I would still be happy if the sister won the election, for both her and the Fraternity. I'd like to be able to brag that we had a Governor, or President, etc.

Xylochick216 · #8 11-10-2005, 05:27 PM

No way. If Condi runs for president, I can't bring myself to vote for her. I hear she's an amazing woman, but I don't think I could do it. It also depends on who she is running against. I'm set enough in my views that I won't be swayed to vote for someone I wouldn't normally.

texas*princess · #9 11-10-2005, 08:26 PM

No way.

It's one thing to post those "Vote for my XYZ sister who could win an all-expense paid trip to Iceland if she gets the most votes!!" and get everyone to vote b/c she's your sorority sister..

.. but it's quite another thing to vote for someone just because they are your sorority sisters when it comes to public office.

copacabana · #10 11-10-2005, 08:51 PM

No.
Obviously there is some relevence to them being a member of my GLO, and there are probably some values that we hold in common. But there's no way I would vote for someone just because she's a sister...I only vote for who I think is the best candidate for the job, period.

GeekyPenguin · #11 11-10-2005, 09:17 PM

This is taking your GLO affiliation way too far. I have sisters that I love dearly but I never want to see their name in a polling booth - and I know I have sisters who feel the same way about me.

sageofages · #12 11-10-2005, 10:05 PM

Entering a politically based discussion with a sister whose thinking is different than I is about as far as I go....

NutBrnHair · #13 11-10-2005, 10:10 PM

I will admit that after having met Rep. Pat Schroeder (D) from Colorado & Sen. Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D) from Arkansas at Chi Omega functions...I certainly would have considered voting for both of them. I was impressed.

Private I · #14 11-11-2005, 01:24 AM

NO. No guilt.

DeltAlum · #15 11-12-2005, 03:49 PM

No.